Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se...
by qbaqbaqba on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:12AM
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Germany is more than happy to trade with Russia breaking sanctions https://www.dw.com/en/siemens-to-hike-russia-investment-desp...
Not to mention NordStreamII
Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se...
by pmachinery on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:53AM
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> Nothing - but Crimea is right on the EU's doorstep.
So it's no further from US bases than EU bases.
> Both Ukraine and Russia share borders with EU member states.
And Russia is a two mile walkable ice bridge from the US in winter.
> If we EU member states didn't get involved when we saw a fight right in front of us, the threat of us getting involved in a fight thousands of miles away isn't very credible as a deterrent.
Distance isn't the issue. EU countries/NATO will bomb any puny country armed with obsolete weapons, wherever it is.
What the US and EU will never do is get into a fight with a nuclear armed superpower.
If we EU member states didn't get involved when we saw a fight right in front of us, the threat of us getting involved in a fight thousands of miles away isn't very credible as a deterrent.
More broadly, when I look at Taiwan I don't see the EU or US recognising Taiwan as a nation - let alone any tripwire forces or foreign airbases or nuclear sharing or NATO membership or joint training exercises which signal the fully fledged protection of a great power.